Ok, I uninstalled the previous installations of the Visual C++ Redistributable and re-installed the (x64) and (x86) versions again and it worked!

Good-to-go now

Thanks Iceman!

I did load the x64 versions and it made no difference. The X86 versions don't load.

No changes for me either after loading the 3 files.

Note: I am running 64-bit OS (Win 8.1) and it will not let me install the x86 version.

I don't show a crashdump in any ARMA 3 folder. I am attaching the .rpt file from the Arma 3 Launcher (Users\DaveT\AppData\Local\Arma 3 Launcher\Logs\ folder. This is the only thing that shows as output (other than the Windows logs after the launcher crashes.

I have had UAC off the entire time and it still does not work for me.

For what it's worth, I have added a copy of the three Windows Events that occur when I try to run the Launcher and it crashes. Other than the original file I uploaded no other files are generated in the Arma 3 folders. These .rar file I attached is from Windows Event Viewer.

Have this same issue. Tried launching from Steam\Arma 3\Open Launcher, also tried using the Launcher direct link in the Amra 3 directory. Tried launching in Administrator mode. Logged into Steam and it is online but the launcher says that Steam is running in offline mode and can't connect to the steam library for MODS and when starting with no mods enabled it crashes as the original poster describes.

Arma 3 Launcher log attached.